Israel: Bus blasts in revenge for pager attack? Explosions in several buses, bombs in two buses defused, rail-bus service stopped

Tel Aviv. Three buses in Tel Aviv city of Israel exploded one after another. There is no news of any casualties in these blasts. Israeli police is considering it a suspected terrorist attack.

These blasts took place in Baṭa yama. Police say that they also defused explosives planted in two other buses. After these attacks, Transport Minister Miri Regav has stopped all bus, train and light rail train services in the country so that explosive devices can be checked.

Israeli Defense Minister Katz has ordered the IDF to increase activity in the refugee camps located in the West Bank. IDF and Shin Bat are working together to investigate these attacks.

In the video going viral on social media, it can be seen that a bus parked in the parking lot caught fire. The car was seen burning. Tel Aviv district police chief Haim Sargaroff said that these explosive devices had timers. It seems that something was written on these devices. Some reports have said that Revenge Threat was written on these devices. He said that it is not yet known how many people were involved in this attack.

A statement issued by a Telegram channel said that the sacrifice of our martyrs cannot be forgotten. This is revenge. This Telegram channel belongs to the so-called Tulkarem battalion of Hamas. However, it did not directly take responsibility for the attack.

A statement issued from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that the PM is constantly taking updates on this matter and he has also assessed the security.

What was the pager attack?
Serial pager blasts took place in parts of Lebanon and Syria last year. A beeping sound was heard for a few seconds before the blast. Some pagers exploded in the pocket itself, while some people exploded as soon as they took the pager out of their pocket or bag after hearing the beeping sound. Many pagers exploded in people’s hands.

11 people died in this blast, including a small girl. 4000 people were seriously or slightly injured due to the blast. Many people’s hands and legs were damaged. More than 500 people lost their eyes. Some people’s torso was damaged, while some people’s lower body was blown away in the blast. Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani lost one eye while his other eye was badly damaged. Children of Lebanese MPs were also among those who died.

Israel had taken responsibility for the attack
Confirming the pager attack in Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said that he had approved the pager attack on the bases of Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah in September, in which about 40 terrorists were killed and more than 3,000 were injured.

Israel had fitted explosives in these pagers as part of Mossad’s intelligence operation against Hezbollah. Hezbollah had ordered about 3000 pagers from a Taiwanese company named Gold Apollo. But these pagers were tampered with before they reached Lebanon. These pagers were sent from Taiwan to Lebanon between April and May this year. The conspiracy of this attack was executed several months ago.